Really good home electrical wiring.


I am building a new HT room with 9 dedicated 20-Amp circuits and am planning on using WATTGATE's flagship 20-Amp receptacles. The one thing I am still unclear about is what type of electrical wire should be run to the HT room. I am most familiar with Romex because it is the standard for basic electrical wiring. I've been told that THHN Strand is much better than Romex. Finally I just have found out about the 8-gauge AC wire the JPS Labs sells. I am investing a ton of money into this room and want to use the best electrical wire. What do ya'll recommend?
sbearden

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Wattgate is a scam, plain and simple. My advice on the outlets is to get a few different samples from various manufacturers, test them for yourself. They should grab the blades of the plug tightly;they should accept #10 wire easily and use isolated ground type so all grounds are tied directly back to the main panel. Want to get tweaky?(I did) Use underground #10 romex installed inside SealTight or metal conduit all the way back to the main panel. The underground romex jacket is molded very tight onto the conductors to limit micro vibrations and by having it inside the metal conduit, it is shielded. Remember-don't use the conduit or SealTight for the ground return,use an isolated ground outlet with a ground wire run back to the main panel.I use Pass-Seymour outlets. A word of caution as far as ground rods. Some think that a separate ground rod is best, you know-have one just for the hi-fi and one for the rest of the house. If you do this and one ground is better than the other ground then what you have just done is to set up a voltage potential between the two...not a safe thing to do. You are much better off with a long rod driven into an area where you are certain the soil is moist.(away from the roof line overhang) There are also chemicals made specifically to be poured around the ground rod as it is being driven down in the ground to improve it's performance. Lastly-buy an Equi=Tech line balancer which is the best thing that could ever happen to your AC. They make models that would handle what you are planning but the model 2Q will handle 2000 watts and is made specifically for high resolution systems. If you want more capacity I suggest you buy a second. They are truely unbelievable-the best I have owned and I've had more line conditioning products over the years than any body I know. Good luck on your room.